Our own experiences with the state through encounters with institutions such as the police or airport customs lend credence to the idea of the state as a collection of institutions and structures,but as political anthropologists,we can understand the state as

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As political anthropologists, we understand the state as a system of processes rather than a group of officials, an autonomous center of power, or the ultimate authority in a specific territory or region. The state is not just a set of institutions but a dynamic set of processes and practices that constitute social and political order. Therefore, the best choice is B, a system of processes.

Our Own Experiences with the State Through Encounters with Institutions